Archives - 27 May 2017, Saturday

In 2016, the MIT AgeLab, in cooperation with the New England Motoring Press Association, conducted a study to determine public attitudes about autonomous car technology. It found that younger drivers were more accepting of the idea that cars could drive themselves without human input ...

At the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este 2017, the BMW Group is presenting its vision of zero-emission urban mobility on two wheels: the BMW Motorrad Concept Link. Inspired by the BMW Motorrad Vision Next 100 , the design study unites digital connectivity with the demands of urban mobi...

This is however on the cusp of change. Agricultural robots and drones will help drive this transformation. Here, sensor-equipped agricultural robots will autonomously navigate through farms, continuously building up a detailed spatial map of data about specific plants. To enable this,...

“The all-electric MINI and the all-electric BMW X3 will mark the beginning of the second wave of electrification for the BMW Group, benefitting from the ongoing technological progress we are making in this area,” said BMW CEO Harald Krüger last week. “i NEXT sets out our strategic cou...

Blix Aveny Electric Bike Features Power and Control Ride further with less effort with the stylish the Blix Aveny electric bike. Powered by a 350 watt geared hub motor and Panasonic battery, you can power this electric bicycle for up to 60 miles per charge at speeds up to 20 mph. Batt...

Monaco qualifying becomes an intellectual clash of pushing it to the limit — and kissing a wall — or being prudent — and qualifying at the back of the pack. Barriers are barely inches away from the cars in corners, and an easy-to-make mistake can make a competitive edge vanish. The fa...

Professor German Carmona with his second 'Voltswagen' Beetle conversion. Behind him is one of the engineering buildings on the campus of the National University of Mexico, as well as the second prototype all-electric mini-bus his department built in early 2000. Old-style Beetles like ...